Improvement in lantern-guards



w. WESTLAKE. V

Lantern Guard.

Patented April 26. 1864.

UNITE STATES FEicE.

PATENT \VILLIAM WESTLAKE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERN-GUARDS.

.To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WM. W ESTLAKE, of the city of Milwaukee, in, the State of Wisconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 0n Lantern Guards and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon.

In many instances it is desirable that the guard 01 the lantern should be removed, and hence a detachable guard is valuable but it is important that such detachable guard, when on the lantern, should be well secured, not liable to he loosened by accident, and not presenting hooked or irregular points and surfaces against which other objects would come in contact, or on which apart of ones dress or other articles would be caught. A guard that has to he unhooked or disjointed in order to be removed is, therefore, objectionable. My invention looks to the attaching and detaching ofthe guard as a whole, or as one pieces curely held when on thelantem, easily and readily removed therefrom or attached thereto, and having no hooks, or projections, or

catches sticking out and interfering with the safe and convenient use of the lantern.

The drawings forming part of this specifica' upward. The guard to is made of the usual material, and so securely made up that-it becomes but one piece. The upper ring or annular bar I) has a flange looking inward, 0, onto which, when the guard is fully fitted on the lantern 01, catches 0 rest and hold the guard in place. These catches e are on the end of flat springs f, which are secured to the inner surface of the cap-piece g, knobs h having stems which pass through holes in the cap-piece g, and are attached to the catch end of the springs f, allow of the removal of the catches e from the surface of the flange oi the ring or bar b. The thumb and finger of one. hand of the lantern-carrier can easily operate the knobs and catches. When thus loosened, the removal of the bottom of the lantern-the oil-cup part-allows of the removal of the guard and of the ready attachment of the,

guard by simply putting it around the lantern and pressing it upward. As is evident, other catches and means for securing the guard to the lantern may be used in the place of those here described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--,

Attaching the lantern-guard to the lantern so that as a whole, and without any hinging or separating of its parts, it may readily and speedily be removed from thelantern, substantially as herein set forth.

WM. WESTLAKE. Witnesses: I

THEODORE B. ELLIOTT, FRED. G. WINKLER. 

